While top-ranked Penn State enjoyed a bye week, Oklahoma and Michigan continued to creep up on the Nittany Lions in the NCAA Men's Gymnastics team rankings. The Sooners had their best team performance, as they posted the nation's second highest score of the season (441.50). In a dual meet against Stanford, the Wolverines also made a statement with a team season-high and the nation's fourth best score (439.75). Oklahoma, while [...more]
In an action-packed weekend of men's gymnastics, practically every club team and Div. I program in the country competed. The largest meet of the young season was the Windy City Invitational, hosted by UIC. This meet featured a club competition with teams from most parts of the country. Saturday night's collegiate competition had all but two Big 10 programs. In their inaugural meet of the season, Michigan (431.30) fared pretty well by outlasting [...more]
The 2013 NCAA Men's Gymnastics season is officially off and running. A new scoring system greets gym fans, with a 6-up/5-count scenario, which will be replaced by a 5-up/5-count method after March 1. Nevertheless, the team scores are going to look rather wacky at first glance. Freshmen played a huge role in the inaugural weekend by posting some of the highest scores. Illinois' Joey Peters was the nation's [...more]
